Sahih Muslim — Zuhd and Softening of Hearts

Abu Said al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a hadith like this through another chain of transmitters

حدثناه عثمان بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا جرير، عن سهيل، عن ابيه، او عن ابن ابي، سعيد عن ابي سعيد، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بمثل حديث بشر وعبد العزيز

A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:The Angels were born out of light and the Jinns were born out of the spark of fire and Adam was born as he has been defined (in the Qur'an) for you (i. e. he is fashioned out of clay)

حدثنا محمد بن رافع، وعبد بن حميد، قال عبد اخبرنا وقال ابن رافع، حدثنا عبد الرزاق، اخبرنا معمر، عن الزهري، عن عروة، عن عايشة، قالت قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " خلقت الملايكة من نور وخلق الجان من مارج من نار وخلق ادم مما وصف لكم

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:A group of Bani Isra'il was lost. I do not know what happened to it, but I think (that it 'underwent a process of metamorphosis) and assumed the shape of rats. Don't you see when the milk of the camel is placed before them, these do not drink and when the milk of goat is placed before them, these do drink. Abu Huraira said: I narrated this very hadith to Ka'b and he said: Did you hear this from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? I (Abu Huraira) said: Yes. He said this again and again, and I said: Have I read Torah? This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ishaq with a slight variation of wording

حدثنا اسحاق بن ابراهيم، ومحمد بن المثنى العنزي، ومحمد بن عبد الله الرزي، جميعا عن الثقفي، - واللفظ لابن المثنى - حدثنا عبد الوهاب، حدثنا خالد، عن محمد بن، سيرين عن ابي هريرة، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " فقدت امة من بني اسراييل لا يدرى ما فعلت ولا اراها الا الفار الا ترونها اذا وضع لها البان الابل لم تشربه واذا وضع لها البان الشاء شربته " . قال ابو هريرة فحدثت هذا الحديث كعبا فقال انت سمعته من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قلت نعم . قال ذلك مرارا . قلت ااقرا التوراة قال اسحاق في روايته " لا ندري ما فعلت

Abu Huraira reported that the rat (is the result of) metamorphosis (of a group of Bani Isra'il) and the proof of this is that when the milk of goat is placed before it, it drinks it, and when the milk of the camel is placed before it, it would not taste it at all. Ka'b said:Did you hear it from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? Thereupon he said: Has Torah been revealed to me?

وحدثني ابو كريب، محمد بن العلاء حدثنا ابو اسامة، عن هشام، عن محمد، عن ابي هريرة، قال " الفارة مسخ واية ذلك انه يوضع بين يديها لبن الغنم فتشربه ويوضع بين يديها لبن الابل فلا تذوقه " . فقال له كعب اسمعت هذا من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال افانزلت على التوراة

Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Strange are the ways of a believer for there is good in every affair of his and this is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer for if he has an occasion to feel delight, he thanks (God), thus there is a good for him in it, and if he gets into trouble and shows resignation (and endures it patiently), there is a good for him in it

حدثنا هداب بن خالد الازدي، وشيبان بن فروخ، جميعا عن سليمان بن المغيرة، - واللفظ لشيبان - حدثنا سليمان، حدثنا ثابت، عن عبد الرحمن بن ابي ليلى، عن صهيب، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " عجبا لامر المومن ان امره كله خير وليس ذاك لاحد الا للمومن ان اصابته سراء شكر فكان خيرا له وان اصابته ضراء صبر فكان خيرا له

Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority of his father that a person praised another person in the presence of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), whereupon he said:Woe be to thee, you have broken the neck of your friend, you have broken the neck of your friend-he said this twice. If one of you has to praise his friend at all, he should say: I think (him to be) so and Allah knows it well and I do not know the secret of the heart and Allah knows the destined end, and I cannot testify his purity against Allah but (he appears) to be so and so

حدثنا يحيى بن يحيى، حدثنا يزيد بن زريع، عن خالد الحذاء، عن عبد الرحمن، بن ابي بكرة عن ابيه، قال مدح رجل رجلا عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال - فقال " ويحك قطعت عنق صاحبك قطعت عنق صاحبك " . مرارا " اذا كان احدكم مادحا صاحبه لا محالة فليقل احسب فلانا والله حسيبه ولا ازكي على الله احدا احسبه ان كان يعلم ذاك كذا وكذا

Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority of his father that a person was mentioned in the presence of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), and a person said:Allah's Messenger, no person is more excellent than he after Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: Woe be to thee, you have broken the neck of your friend, and he said this twice. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: If anyone has to praise his brother at all, he should say: I think him to be so and so, and even on this he should say: I do not consider anyone purer than Allah (considers)

وحدثني محمد بن عمرو بن عباد بن جبلة بن ابي رواد، حدثنا محمد بن جعفر، ح وحدثني ابو بكر بن نافع، اخبرنا غندر، قال شعبة حدثنا عن خالد الحذاء، عن عبد، الرحمن بن ابي بكرة عن ابيه، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم انه ذكر عنده رجل فقال رجل يا رسول الله ما من رجل بعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم افضل منه في كذا وكذا . فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " ويحك قطعت عنق صاحبك " . مرارا يقول ذلك ثم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " ان كان احدكم مادحا اخاه لا محالة فليقل احسب فلانا ان كان يرى انه كذلك ولا ازكي على الله احدا

his hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba with a slight variation of wording

وحدثنيه عمرو الناقد، حدثنا هاشم بن القاسم، ح وحدثناه ابو بكر بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا شبابة بن سوار، كلاهما عن شعبة، بهذا الاسناد . نحو حديث يزيد بن زريع وليس في حديثهما فقال رجل ما من رجل بعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم افضل منه

Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw a person lauding another person or praising him too much. Thereupon he said:You killed him, or you sliced the back of a person

حدثني ابو جعفر، محمد بن الصباح حدثنا اسماعيل بن زكرياء، عن بريد بن، عبد الله بن ابي بردة عن ابي بردة، عن ابي موسى، قال سمع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رجلا يثني على رجل ويطريه في المدحة فقال " لقد اهلكتم او قطعتم ظهر الرجل

Abu Ma'mar reported that a person lauded a ruler amongst the rulers and Miqdad began to throw dust upon him and he said:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded us that we should throw dust upon the faces of those who shower too much praise

حدثنا ابو بكر بن ابي شيبة، ومحمد بن المثنى، جميعا عن ابن مهدي، - واللفظ لابن المثنى قالا حدثنا عبد الرحمن، عن سفيان، عن حبيب، عن مجاهد، عن ابي معمر، قال قام رجل يثني على امير من الامراء فجعل المقداد يحثي عليه التراب وقال امرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ان نحثي في وجوه المداحين التراب

Hammam b. al-Harith reported that a person began to praise 'Uthman and Miqdad sat upon his knee; and he was a bulky person and began to throw pebbles upon his (flatterer's) face. Thereupon 'Uthman said:What is the matter with you? And he said: Verily, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: When you see those who shower (undue) praise (upon others), throw dust upon their faces

وحدثنا محمد بن المثنى، ومحمد بن بشار، - واللفظ لابن المثنى - قالا حدثنا محمد بن جعفر، حدثنا شعبة، عن منصور، عن ابراهيم، عن همام بن الحارث، ان رجلا، جعل يمدح عثمان فعمد المقداد فجثا على ركبتيه - وكان رجلا ضخما - فجعل يحثو في وجهه الحصباء فقال له عثمان ما شانك فقال ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " اذا رايتم المداحين فاحثوا في وجوههم التراب

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Miqdad through another chain of transmitters

وحدثناه محمد بن المثنى، وابن، بشار قالا حدثنا عبد الرحمن، عن سفيان، عن منصور، ح وحدثنا عثمان بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا الاشجعي، عبيد الله بن عبيد الرحمن عن سفيان الثوري، عن الاعمش، ومنصور، عن ابراهيم، عن همام، عن المقداد، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بمثله

Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:It was shown in a vision that I was rinsing my mouth with miswak and two persons began to contend with one another for getting that miswak. One was older than the other. I gave the miswak to the younger one amongst them, but it was said to me: (Let it be given) to the older one. So I gave it to the older one

حدثنا نصر بن علي الجهضمي، حدثني ابي، حدثنا صخر، - يعني ابن جويرية - عن نافع، ان عبد الله بن عمر، حدثه ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " اراني في المنام اتسوك بسواك فجذبني رجلان احدهما اكبر من الاخر فناولت السواك الاصغر منهما فقيل لي كبر . فدفعته الى الاكبر

It was reported that Abu Huraira used to say:Listen to me, inmate of the apartment; listen to me, inmate of the apartment, while 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) had been busy in observing prayer. As she finished prayer, she said to" Urwa: Did you hear his words? And this is how Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to utter (so distinctly) that if one intended to count (the words uttered) he would be able to do so

حدثنا هارون بن معروف، حدثنا به، سفيان بن عيينة عن هشام، عن ابيه، قال كان ابو هريرة يحدث ويقول اسمعي يا ربة الحجرة اسمعي يا ربة الحجرة . وعايشة تصلي فلما قضت صلاتها قالت لعروة الا تسمع الى هذا ومقالته انفا انما كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يحدث حديثا لو عده العاد لاحصاه

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Do not take down anything from me, and he who took down anything from me except the Qur'an, he should efface that and narrate from me, for there is no harm in it and he who attributed any falsehood to me-and Hammam said: I think he also said:" deliberately" -he should in fact find his abode in the Hell-Fire

حدثنا هداب بن خالد الازدي، حدثنا همام، عن زيد بن اسلم، عن عطاء بن يسار، عن ابي سعيد الخدري، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " لا تكتبوا عني ومن كتب عني غير القران فليمحه وحدثوا عني ولا حرج ومن كذب على - قال همام احسبه قال - متعمدا فليتبوا مقعده من النار

Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) thus said:There lived a king before you and he had a (court) magician. As he (the magician) grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, send some young boy to me so that I should teach him magic. He (the king) sent to him a young man so that he should train him (in magic). And on his way (to the magician) he (the young man) found a monk sitting there. He (the young man) listened to his (the monk's) talk and was impressed by it. It became his habit that on his way to the magician he met the monk and set there and he came to the magician (late). He (the magician) beat him because of delay. He made a complaint of that to the monk and he said to him: When you feel afraid of the magician, say: Members of my family had detained me. And when you feel afraid of your family you should say: The magician had detained me. It so happened that there came a huge beast (of prey) and it blocked the way of the people, and he (the young boy) said: I will come to know today whether the magician is superior or the monk is superior. He picked up a stone and said: O Allah, if the affair of the monk is dearer to Thee than the affair of the magician, cause death to this animal so that the people should be able to move about freely. He threw that stone towards it and killed it and the people began to move about (on the path freely). He (the young man) then came to that monk and Informed him and the monk said: Sonny, today you are superior to me. Your affair has come to a stage where I find that you would be soon put to a trial, and in case you are put to a trial don't give my clue. That young man began to treat the blind and those suffering from leprosy and he in fact began to cure people from (all kinds) of illness. When a companion of the king who had gone blind heard about him, he came to him with numerous gifts and said: If you cure me all these things collected together here would be yours. Be said: I myself do not cure anyone. It is Allah Who cures and if you affirm faith in Allah, I shall also supplicate Allah to cure you. He affirmed his faith in Allah and Allah cured him and he came to the king and sat by his side as he used to sit before. The king said to him: Who restored your eyesight? He said: My Lord. Thereupon he said: It means that your Lord is One besides me. He said: My Lord and your Lord is Allah, so he (the king) took hold of him and tormented him till he gave a clue of that boy. The young man was thus summoned and the king said to him: O boy, it has been conveyed to me that you have become so much proficient in your magic that you cure the blind and those suffering from leprosy and you do such and such things. Thereupon he said: I do not cure anyone; it is Allah Who cures, and he (the king) took hold of him and began to torment him. So he gave a clue of the monk. The monk was thus summoned and it was said to him: You should turn back from your religion. He, however, refused to do so. He (ordered) for a saw to be brought (and when it was done) he (the king) placed it in the middle of his head and tore it into parts till a part fell down. Then the courtier of the king was brought and it was said to him: Turn back from your religion. Arid he refused to do so, and the saw was placed in the midst of his head and it was torn till a part fell down. Then that young boy was brought and it was said to him: Turn back from your religion. He refused to do so and he was handed over to a group of his courtiers. And he 'said to them: Take him to such and such mountain; make him climb up that mountain and when you reach its top (ask him to renounce his faith) but if he refuses to do so, then throw him (down the mountain). So they took him and made him climb up the mountain and he said: O Allah, save me from them (in any way) Thou likest and the mountain began to quake and they all fell down and that person came walking to the king. The king said to him: What has happened to your companions? He said: Allah has saved me from them. He again handed him to some of his courtiers and said: Take him and carry him in a small boat and when you reach the middle of the ocean (ask him to renounce) his religion, but if he does not renounce his religion throw him (into the water). So they took him and he said: O Allah, save me from them and what they want to do. It was quite soon that the boat turned over and they were drowned and he came walking to the king, and the king said to him: What has happened to your companions? He said: Allah has saved me from them, and he said to the king: You cannot kill me until you do what I ask you to do. And he said: What is that? He said: You should gather people in a plain and hang me by the trunk (of a tree). Then take hold of an arrow from the quiver and say: In the name of Allah, the Lord of the young boy; then shoot an arrow and if you do that then you would be able to kill me. So he (the king) called the people in an open plain and tied him (the boy) to the trunk of a tree, then he took hold of an arrow from his quiver and then placed the arrow in the bow and then said: In the name of Allah, the Lord of the young boy; he then shot an arrow and it bit his temple. He (the boy) placed his hands upon the temple where the arrow had bit him and he died and the people said: We affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man, we affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man, we affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man. The courtiers came to the king and it was said to him: Do you see that Allah has actually done what you aimed at averting. They (the people) have affirmed their faith in the Lord. He (the king) commanded ditches to be dug at important points in the path. When these ditches were dug, and the fire was lit in them it was said (to the people): He who would not turn back from his (boy's) religion would be thrown in the fire or it would be said to them to jump in that. (The people courted death but did not renounce religion) till a woman came with her child and she felt hesitant in jumping into the fire and the child said to her: 0 mother, endure (this ordeal) for it is the Truth

Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Abu Bakr Siddiq came to the residence of my father ('Azib) and bought a haudaj from him and said to 'Azib:Send your son to my residence (to carry this haudaj), and my father said to me: Carry it (for him). So I carried it and there went along with him (with Abu Bakr) my father in order to fetch its price and he ('Azib) said to Abu Bakr: Abu Bakr, narrate to me what you both did on the night when you set out on a journey along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He said: We set out during the night and went on walking until it was noon, and the path was vacant and so none passed by that (until) there appeared prominently before us a large rock. It had its shade and the rays of the sun did not reach that place. So we got down at that place. I then went to the rock and levelled the ground with my hands at the place where the Prophet (ﷺ) would take rest under its shade. I then set the bedding and said: Allah's Messenger, go to sleep and I shall keep a watch around you. I went out and watched around him. There we saw a shepherd moving towards that rock with his flock and he intended what we intended (i. e. taking rest). I met him and said to him: Young boy, to which place do you belong? He said: I am a person from Medina. I said, is there any milk in the udders of your sheep and goats? He said: Yes. He took hold of a goat, and I said to him: Clean the udder well so that it should be free from hair, dust and impurity. I saw al-Bara' striking his hand upon the other (to give an indication) how he did that. He milked the goat for me in a wooden cup which he had with him and I had with me a bucket in which I kept water for drinking and for performing ablution. I came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and did not like to awaken him from sleep but he was accidentally startled from the sleep. I poured water upon the milk (till It was cold) and I said: Allah's Messenger, take this milk. He then took It and I was delighted and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Is now not the time to march on? I said: Of course. So he marched on after the sun had passed the meridian and Suraqa b. Malik pursued us and we had been walking on soft, level ground. I said: Allah's Messenger, we are about to be overtaken by them. Thereupon he said: Be not grieved. Verily, Allah is with us. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cursed him and his horse sank into the earth. I think he also said: I know you have hurled curse upon me. So supplicate Allah for me and I take an oath that I shall turn everyone away who would come in search of you. So he (Allah's Messenger) supplicated Allah and he was rescued and he came back and to everyone he met, he said: I have combed all this side. In short, he diverted everyone whom he met and he in fact fulfilled his promise

Al-Bara' reported:Abu Bakr purchased a saddle from me for thirteen dirhams; the rest of the hadith is the same, and in the narration of Uthman b. 'Umar, the words are: He (Suraqa b. Malik) drew near Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and he (the Holy Prophet) cursed him and his camel sank in the earth up to the belly and he jumped from that and said: Muhammad, I am fully aware of It that it is your doing. Supplicate Allah that He should rescue me from it in which I am (pitchforked) and I give you a solemn pledge that I shall keep this as a secret from all those who are coming after me. Take hold of an arrow out of it (quiver) for you will find my camels and my slaves at such and such place and you can get whatever you need (on showing this arrow). He (the Holy Prophet) said: I don't need your camels. And we (the Prophet and Abu Bakr) came to Medina during the night and the people began to contend as to where Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) should reside and he encamped in the tribe of Najjar who were related to 'Abd ul-Muttalib from the side of mother. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) honoured them, then people climbed upon house-top and women also and boys scattered in the way, and they were all crying: Muhammad, Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, Messenger of Allah

وحدثنيه زهير بن حرب، حدثنا عثمان بن عمر، ح وحدثناه اسحاق بن ابراهيم، اخبرنا النضر بن شميل، كلاهما عن اسراييل، عن ابي اسحاق، عن البراء، قال اشترى ابو بكر من ابي رحلا بثلاثة عشر درهما وساق الحديث بمعنى حديث زهير عن ابي اسحاق وقال في حديثه من رواية عثمان بن عمر فلما دنا دعا عليه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فساخ فرسه في الارض الى بطنه ووثب عنه وقال يا محمد قد علمت ان هذا عملك فادع الله ان يخلصني مما انا فيه ولك على لاعمين على من ورايي وهذه كنانتي فخذ سهما منها فانك ستمر على ابلي وغلماني بمكان كذا وكذا فخذ منها حاجتك قال " لا حاجة لي في ابلك " . فقدمنا المدينة ليلا فتنازعوا ايهم ينزل عليه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال " انزل على بني النجار اخوال عبد المطلب اكرمهم بذلك " . فصعد الرجال والنساء فوق البيوت وتفرق الغلمان والخدم في الطرق ينادون يا محمد يا رسول الله يا محمد يا رسول الله